115, Lot: 223. Estimate $75. Sold for $51. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PONTUS, Neocaesarea. Gordian III. 238-244 AD. Æ 26mm (15.77 gm). Dated CY 178 (241/242 AD). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / KOI PONT MH [N-EOKAICA]PI, [ET] POH (date) in exergue, agonistic urn with two palms set on table, palm below. Cf. BMC Pontus 13; Waddington 53; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock 109. Fine/VF, greenish-brown patina.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.